Incremental Change Is a Moral Failure
The Atlantic
Mere reform won’t fix policing.
Mere reform won’t fix policing.
Mere reform won’t fix policing.
The Police Answer to Us. What Will We Do About It?
New York Times
Local prosecutors shouldn’t trust the reports of officers with prior misconduct. Local prosecutors must use the power and discretion afforded them to carry out sweeping reforms that will protect the public — especially Black communities...
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Police Unions Wield Massive Power in American Politics — For Now
Rolling Stone
The barriers to reform police unions erected over the years will pose an enormous obstacle to establishing a new, more accountable kind of policing in the United States.
Revealed: Police Unions Spend Millions To Influence Policy In Biggest US Cities
The Guardian
Guardian analysis shows how organizations and officers in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago work against reform.
Mathematicians Urge Colleagues to Boycott Police Work in Wake of Killings
Nature
More than 1,400 researchers have signed a letter calling on the discipline to stop working on predictive-policing algorithms and other models.
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National Labor Groups Mostly Close Ranks to Defend Police Unions
nbcnews.com
While some in the labor movement are seeking to distance themselves, most are supportive even as they call for reforms.
Friday Nite Videos | June 19, 2020
Portside
Amber Ruffin Shares a Lifetime of Traumatic Run-Ins With Police. Carnegie Hall Live: Rhiannon Giddens with Francesco Turrisi. Fox News’s Law & Order Experts. Lynchings and Racial Violence During Reconstruction. The Tulsa Race Massacre: Then and Now.
Amber Ruffin Shares a Lifetime of Traumatic Run-Ins With Police
For a week, Seth Meyers turned the start of his show over to Amber Ruffin, who shares some of her encounters with the police.
Trading One Uniform for Another: Can Police Be "De-Militarized" When So Many Cops Are Military Veterans?
Portside
Getting police departments to stop acting like an occupying army will require many fundamental changes, including much closer screening of job applicants who are veterans and ending their preferential hiring treatment.
N.Y. Bans Chokeholds and Approves Other Measures to Rein in Police
New York Times
The state became the first to make major changes in police practices in the wake of George Floyd’s killing, which has spurred nationwide protests.
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